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by Islamist extremists. That's all from the BBC News at Six. So it's | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
goodbye from Welcome to Midlands today. The | :00:00. | :00:13. | |
headlines: New homes for ?1. Buyers get a first look around and find out | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
how much needs to be done. I grew up in Stoke`on`Trent, I was born here. | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
So I want to see it thrive. We will be asking if it is a good idea. Also | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
tonight: On its way back to New Zealand. A tattooed head found in a | :00:31. | :00:39. | |
university storeroom. The fact they were taken into a collection fills | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
me with shame. But I'm glad they were here so we could look after | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
them and give them back. Giants of the music scene gather at the Serra | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
but Hall to remember Jon Brookes. And meet Zeus, who is about to | :00:53. | :01:01. | |
embark on a new career. The weather is not quite so sweet. Wet and | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
windy, but not all doom and gloom. Find out why later. | :01:06. | :01:12. | |
Good evening. The first owners of terraced houses being sold for just | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
one pound in Stoke`on`Trent have been taking a look today at what | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
they've bought. 33 rundown properties were put up for grabs by | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
the City Council, with new owners being offered a ?30,000 loan to | :01:26. | :01:27. | |
complete essential repairs, repayable over ten years. In return, | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
they have to commit to living there for at least five years. Our | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
Staffordshire reporter Liz Copper has been to see what they get. | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
These are the first time buyers on the threshold of an experiment in | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
home ownership. My name is Rachel Roberts, I am 31. The reason I want | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
a ?1 house is because it is so difficult to get a deposit together | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
for a mortgage. This is a perfect opportunity to not only own my own | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
home, but impact a community. I am Gavin, I am 25. I wanted to be | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
involved because it helps get Stoke`on`Trent back on the map and | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
it's a good financial opportunity for people that cannot initially | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
afford to get onto the housing market. The buyers are committing to | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
a ?30,000 loan to do up their properties. This is one of the | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
houses. There are strict eligibility requirements for anybody wanting to | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
take part. The reality is, the council is still looking for | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
potential homeowners that are both willing and able to take on one of | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
these homes. In the next street these houses are for sale by auction | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
next month, with a guide price of just ?20,000. So is this scheme a | :02:39. | :02:47. | |
risky option? In a recent audit report, this scheme was described as | :02:48. | :02:55. | |
an emerging risk. Why is that? Well, risk is people's perception. Our | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
perception is that it is not a risk. We are going to ensure that | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
this scheme actually succeeds. Work will begin to renovate the homes in | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
the next few weeks. The first homeowners are expected to pick up | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
their keys and move in by the early part of next year. The test for this | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
project will be whether it can truly revitalise and regenerate these | :03:16. | :03:16. | |
streets. Joining us now from London is Miles | :03:17. | :03:27. | |
Shipside, from Rightmove. Good evening. Is this a good idea? It is | :03:28. | :03:37. | |
a good idea. Rather than getting a one`off do up on the street, you can | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
regenerate the whole area once. It's a major impact. As you heard, these | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
people have a real passion for the area, which some speculators don't | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
have. Getting owner occupiers with a long`term commitment is a great idea | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
to gentrify it and bringing up in terms of standards. Do you reckon | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
this could be used in other parts of the country? It certainly could be. | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
A fairly unique set of circumstances. They have been | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
compulsory purchased, as part of a wider regeneration scheme that did | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
not take place. It's a good idea to use existing houses with a lot of | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
character and space. It's often cheaper than knocking them down and | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
building new ones. Still tough to get onto the property ladder? It is | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
indeed. There is the government help to buy scheme. Previously, you had | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
to have a 10% deposit. Now, with a 5% deposit, you will potentially be | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
able to get onto the housing ladder as a first`time buyer. What about | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
the warnings we hear from people that this government scheme will | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
only create a bubble which will burst? Obviously there is a risk of | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
a price spike. If lending was as irresponsible as it was before 2007, | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
where you could certify your own mortgage or get an interest only, | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
125% loan to value mortgage. A lot tighter lending criteria has come | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
in. It will not be a mortgage free for all. To get this 5% deposit | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
mortgage, you will have to be pretty squeaky clean. That ought to temper | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
demand and stop a price spike. Do you think there is anything more | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
that can be done to help the property market? Confidence is | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
growing. We are actually seeing positive economic signs. With | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
greater mortgage availability, that the help to buy scheme will bring | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
in, I think we are on the road to recovery. That is obviously good | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
news for people that are trapped in their properties and want to trade | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
up. Good news for first`time buyers if prices don't go up too much. | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
Thank you very much indeed. Coming up later in the programme: | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
The mystery of the Maori shrunken head found in a university | :05:45. | :05:46. | |
storeroom. More staff at a Birmingham secondary | :05:47. | :05:55. | |
school are considering refusing to teach a teenager who allegedly | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
threatened fellow pupils with a knife. Governors at Saltley School | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
overturned the headteacher's decision to exclude the pupil after | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
a "serious incident" in May. The GMB has become the second union to | :06:08. | :06:09. | |
ballot its members over industrial action amid concerns about safety. A | :06:10. | :06:22. | |
school with over 900 pupils, the interests of one individual are | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
being put above all of the other pupils within the school. | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
Unfortunately, if the governors are not prepared to talk, the action | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
will be escalated if the ballot action comes through from my members | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
to say they are prepared to take industrial action. A police divinity | :06:37. | :06:44. | |
support officer has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public | :06:45. | :06:46. | |
office in connection with leek information from West Midlands | :06:47. | :06:48. | |
Police. It follows an inquiry carried out by the force's Counter | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
Corruption Unit. The 42`year`old has been suspended from his job | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
following his arrest in Sandwell yesterday. Three other people, two | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
men and a woman, were also arrested in Tipton as part of the same case. | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
Students have been staging a demonstration at the offices of the | :07:03. | :07:05. | |
Liberal democrat MP John Hemming. They were protesting against | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
Government plans to privatise student loans. The Birmingham | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
Yardley MP says the transfer won't affect any of the students' terms | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
and conditions, which can only be altered by Parliament. | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
It's a practice described as shameful, but the removal of | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
historic artefacts from far`away lands was once commonplace. When the | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
ancient tattooed head of a Maori tribesman was found at the | :07:29. | :07:31. | |
University of Birmingham, it was important it should be returned to | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
New Zealand. Today the head was handed over in a special ceremony. | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
Contained in these boxes are human remains found in a storeroom at the | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
University of Birmingham. They include the tattooed, mummified head | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
of a Maori warrior. Out of respect, we didn't film the remains but this | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
is what the heads, known as toi Moko, look like. When New Zealand | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
was colonised, many were taken abroad by collectors who saw them as | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
a prized asset Maori elders from New Zealand were invited to make the | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
A number of people, people of science, they have always had a | :08:13. | :08:21. | |
fascination. Maori elders from New Zealand were invited to make the | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
journey to reclaim their ancestors. This repatriation ceremony ` a Maori | :08:27. | :08:29. | |
tradition ` was organised by the university. Our best guess is that | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
different people and the location around the university did have | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
private collections in the Victorian era. That was quite common. The fact | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
they were taken from New Zealand into private collections fills me | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
with shame. But I am really glad they were here so we could look | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
after them and give them back. Now it is time for their spirit and life | :08:52. | :08:54. | |
force to return home. Many heads were traded for guns in Victorian | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
times. Since 2003, The Museum of New Zealand has been working to return | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
them from around the world. Work will now start to try to trace which | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
tribe these remains belonged to. The Maori's are delighted to have them | :09:07. | :09:09. | |
back and showed their appreciation in the traditional way. | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
A Birmingham MP has said it's up to the Government to help the city | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
respond positively to the scathing criticisms levelled at it by the | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
head of the education watchdog Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw. He said | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
it was a national disgrace that the Children's Services Department had | :09:28. | :09:29. | |
failed to protect children, including two`year`old Keanu | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
Williams, who was beaten to death by his mother. Patrick Burns has more | :09:33. | :09:43. | |
on this. The comments really have had an amazing impact, haven't they? | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
They have. Frankly, I don't think anyone quite expected such a full on | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
onslaught. He was absolutely withering, time and time again. He | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
asked, why is it that in areas like mortality rates, life chances | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
generally, why is it that Birmingham's record compares with | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
some of the poorest countries in the developing world? I put that to one | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
of our local MPs. He said there really was an important warning | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
within this, not just inside the Birmingham city limits, for everyone | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
that is concerned about the issues surrounding child protection. It is | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
very disturbing that both Birmingham City Council and Sandwell Council | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
have been listed on this list of 20 local authorities that have been | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
deemed inadequate. It is a shocking failure for some of our most | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
fundable children, particularly in Sandwell, where Children's Services | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
Department has been in a struggling situation for some time. Failure of | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
leadership. We need to get a grip. These people are letting down some | :10:44. | :10:46. | |
of the most vulnerable children. Sir Michael went beyond the issue of | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
child protection, didn't he? That is having a damaging impact on the city | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
as a whole? That is the point I took up with a leading Labour MP, that we | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
also saw in that clip. He has taken a particular interest in issues | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
around child protection over the years. He said, important though | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
that is, this is just a range of concerns were, frankly, government | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
ministers need to help the city. I agree with most of the questions | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
asked. I think we need to address those questions and we haven't done | :11:18. | :11:21. | |
so. We haven't done so in the last eight years in Birmingham in tens of | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
children services. We need to look at systemic failures that are | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
happening. On the other questions on mortality and issues of | :11:30. | :11:32. | |
homelessness, I think we do need to look at it, we need to look at what | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
national government is doing to support them to come out of that. | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
When Sir Michael made those comments, there was real concern | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
about what we call the collateral effect, the damage to Birmingham's | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
reputation at a time when it is trying to bring in inward investment | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
and the rest of it. With this further damage, especially in the | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
eyes of the London metropolitan elite, the impressions of the city? | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
But what we take from this is that there are some leading local | :12:01. | :12:02. | |
politicians that feel, painful though it has been to hear this, in | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
the long term, he may have given us a blessing in disguise. And Patrick | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
will be back with more on this in this weekend's Sunday Politics, | :12:12. | :12:14. | |
starting as usual at 11 o'clock here on BBC One. | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
This is our top story tonight: New homes for a pound: buyers get a | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
first look round and find out just how much needs to be done. Your | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
detailed weather forecast to come shortly. Also in tonight's | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
programme: Looking ahead to the Premier League derby tomorrow, Stoke | :12:31. | :12:32. | |
City against West Bromwich Albion. Will it be better than last year's | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
dour 0`0 draw? And meet Zeus, set to be a guide dog in 18 months time. | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
We'll be following him along the way. | :12:44. | :12:50. | |
In the 1990s they were a chart topping band. Since then, the | :12:51. | :12:55. | |
Charlatans, formed here in the Midlands, have continued to sell | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
thousands of records and sell`out concerts around the world. But in | :12:59. | :13:02. | |
August their drummer, Jon Brookes, died of a brain tumour aged just 44. | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
Tonight the band and many big names from the music industry, including | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
Liam Gallagher, will take to the stage in tribute at the Royal Albert | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
Hall. There are some flashing images in Ben Sidwell's report. | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
Jon Brookes was at his happiest sat behind a set of drums. He was a | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
larger`than`life character. He had a lust for life. Jon, who lives in | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
Burntwood, was one of the founder members of the Charlatans when they | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
formed in Walsall in 1989. Tonight, the remaining members of the band | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
will take to the stage of the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate his life. | :13:41. | :13:44. | |
It's not like he's gone, really. His spirit's there. It kicks in, it | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
dawns on you, you know? It will be a tough one, I think. You know what I | :13:52. | :13:55. | |
mean? Every time you think of Jon, it put a smile on your face. It was | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
during this gig in Philadelphia in September 2010 that Jon collapsed on | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
stage. Just a few months later when I met up with him, he was in a | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
positive mood about the future. I'm at the start of a long road of | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
treatment for my cancer. But I'm feeling fit, positive. I'm in good | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
hands. Sadly, Jon lost his three year battle against the disease in | :14:17. | :14:18. | |
August this year. He was just 44. At the offices of the Brain Tumour | :14:19. | :14:27. | |
Charity in Shirley, they've seen plenty of cases like Jon's. 9,000 | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
people a year are diagnosed with the disease and fewer than 15% survive. | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
It's the biggest cancer killer of the under 40s in the country. He's | :14:37. | :14:48. | |
making a big contribution now. His passing has brought on this | :14:49. | :14:51. | |
concert. The awareness and the money that will be raised from the night | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
will be part of his lasting legacy, undoubtedly. And there'll be plenty | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
of big names who'll be there to help the cause. I only met him through | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
the gigs we've done, maybe out about and whatever, you know what I mean? | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
Every time I met him I had a splendid time with him. He was a | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
good lad. Jon was passionate about music, especially here in the West | :15:11. | :15:13. | |
Midlands. He co`founded a record label in Birmingham. Tonight, Dumb, | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
one of the bands he managed will open the concert. It didn't matter | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
whether he was talking to one of the biggest rock stars that he came | :15:23. | :15:25. | |
across at worldwide festivals or whether it was a 16`year`old | :15:26. | :15:27. | |
band`member that wanted some advice. He would speak to them in | :15:28. | :15:34. | |
the same way, at the same level. And I think that was one of the | :15:35. | :15:36. | |
fantastic traits about John. Even now, you keep on turning and | :15:37. | :15:46. | |
he's not there and it's a big shock. He'll be there in spirit. I think | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
it's a way we can all say thanks and good night. And thanks for the | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
memories. Tonight's concert is about raising awareness of the disease | :15:57. | :15:59. | |
that killed Jon, but it's also a chance to celebrate the life of one | :16:00. | :16:01. | |
of the nicest men in music. It should be a poignant occasion in | :16:02. | :16:15. | |
a special setting. Time for sport now and Dan's here. | :16:16. | :16:18. | |
Intriguing derby at the Britannia tomorrow? When ones hot, the other's | :16:19. | :16:21. | |
not. Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
face each other in the Premier League tomorrow having had | :16:26. | :16:27. | |
completely opposite fortunes so far. While Stoke started well only to | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
stutter, well Albion have done it the other way round. | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
It all started so well. When stoke won at West Ham at the end of August | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
the summer appointment manager Mark Hughes was going smoothly. Stoke | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
were fifth, having won two out of three games. In contrast West | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
Bromwich Albion were bottom but one and hadn't scored a goal. But since | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
then it's been all change for both. Albion are unbeaten, climbing up to | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
12th, but Stoke are falling fast and are now 16th. We don't seem to be | :16:58. | :17:06. | |
able to get the results that our performances deserve. As with the | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
Premier League, you have another opportunity to put that right. We | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
are the home side tomorrow, looking to be positive, looking for maximum | :17:15. | :17:17. | |
points against a very good West Brom team. With impressive training | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
facilities like these, Stoke city want Mark Hughes to take them up the | :17:25. | :17:27. | |
Premier League, not down. They also want a team that entertains. But on | :17:28. | :17:30. | |
that score Stoke and Albion have a head start tomorrow. Last season's | :17:31. | :17:34. | |
meetings were a goalless draw and a 1`0 win to Stoke and both were | :17:35. | :17:41. | |
utterly forgettable. Both games were absolutely dreadful. But you can | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
never tell what a game is going to be like. We are going to go there, | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
positive, to play football, try and win the game. If Stoke set up the | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
same way, they set up open as well and try to win the game, it could be | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
a great game. But you never know. The running order on Match Of The | :17:59. | :18:01. | |
Day will tell us all. If last season's games are repeated we'll | :18:02. | :18:05. | |
have a late night waiting for the highlights. Off the pitch though | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
there's more confusion today for Birmingham City fans worried about | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
the future of their club. The Solihull businessman Gianni | :18:15. | :18:17. | |
Paladini is claiming he agreed a deal to buy the club with the acting | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
chairman Peter Pannu when he was in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago. | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
But he says he's heard nothing more since Mr Pannu returned to Hong | :18:26. | :18:28. | |
Kong. He's even offered to fly out there for talks with the owner | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
Carson Yeung. But that won't be easy, because Mr Yeung is currently | :18:34. | :18:36. | |
giving evidence in his money laundering trial in Hong Kong and | :18:37. | :18:39. | |
there's no timescale for how much longer it will be until that trial | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
finishes. Today, Birmingham city have responded. They say they're | :18:46. | :18:49. | |
disappointed with Mr Paladini's comments and stressed that Carson | :18:50. | :18:52. | |
Yeung is not interested in a full sale of the club at the moment. We | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
don't know where we are? It's difficult. Meanwhile Wolves are at | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
home to Coventry and there'll be a big away following. Yes, contrast | :19:05. | :19:15. | |
that with last weekend, there were far fewer at the so`called home | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
game. It shows they haven't given up on the club. It emphasises the | :19:20. | :19:28. | |
opposition. Peter Abbott has been to every home game for 37 years. He | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
will not be there tomorrow, it is nearly his daughter 's wedding. I | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
think he has chosen wisely. Kids, hey? | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
Nearly 1,000 people across the Midlands have to put their trust in | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
a guide dog to help them live a near`normal life. But the journey | :19:47. | :19:49. | |
for a dog to take on that huge responsibility is long and testing. | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
Over the next 18 months, we're going to follow the progress of Zeus, a | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
seven week old pup, as he learns the ropes. We can join our reporter | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
Joanne Writtle now. How is he doing? He is doing brilliantly. If a little | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
sleepy. You know, it costs about ?50,000 to support one of these from | :20:09. | :20:12. | |
birth until they retire as a working guide dog at about seven or eight | :20:13. | :20:16. | |
years of age. What the guide dogs people are looking for is a puppy | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
with fantastic temperament. They need to be really alert, when they | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
are not asleep! The testing for that's temperament begins when they | :20:27. | :20:29. | |
are just a few weeks old, as I have been finding out. | :20:30. | :20:32. | |
It's behaviour test day at the Guide Dogs Breeding Centre near Leamington | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
Spa. 40 pups will be observed to see if their temperament is suitable to | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
become guiding eyes for the blind. This is seven`week`old Zeus. | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
Watching him intently, Howard Jones. He's trained hundreds of dogs over | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
25 years. And soon he'll be taking Zeus away from the breeding centre. | :20:51. | :21:00. | |
All of our guide dog work is about the puppy actually wanted to perform | :21:01. | :21:04. | |
for the vision impaired client. Having the confidence to be out | :21:05. | :21:07. | |
there, day`to`day, in the big wide world. It'll be about 18 months | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
before he's ready to work. 75% of dogs make it through the training. I | :21:11. | :21:17. | |
was looking for confidence and I was looking for a willingness to follow | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
a lead and to accept commands, which we saw in bucket loads with him. He | :21:22. | :21:28. | |
was really jolly. The good news is that Zeus passed his behaviour test | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
with flying colours. He is a total extrovert. This little chap was a | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
bit too quiet. He is not suitable for the demanding job of working | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
with the blind. The plus side is, his temperament is perfect for | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
working with somebody with a different kind of disability. He | :21:45. | :21:47. | |
will now be offered to a different systems dog charity. `` assistance | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
dog. And this is an example of the responsibility Zeus will eventually | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
have. Amy Kettle is just 16 and has to put all her trust in guide dog | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
Connie, negotiating traffic in her home town of Halesowen. I don't | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
think my life would be the same without her. I'd never be able to go | :22:06. | :22:12. | |
out. I can have a bit more of a life now with her. Back in Leamington, | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
the time has come for Zeus to leave the breeding centre. Off on your | :22:18. | :22:28. | |
journey, Mr, and you? Ready to become a guide dog? This is where | :22:29. | :22:36. | |
Zeus was driven to, to a family home here in Kingswinford. They have been | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
interviewed and expected and they have this huge responsibility of | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
taking care of Zeus. Simon, you are a stay at home dad. Why have you | :22:48. | :22:51. | |
taken on this responsibility? I used to have dogs before, and I really | :22:52. | :22:55. | |
enjoyed training them. The children are a little bit older, with a bit | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
more time. I spoke to a neighbour of mine that had been involved with the | :23:01. | :23:04. | |
guide dogs. She suggested I become a puppy walker. You're going to have | :23:05. | :23:12. | |
regular visits from Howard, who we saw in the film? That is right, he | :23:13. | :23:15. | |
will come back every couple of weeks and take us on to the next stage. I | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
am in contact over the phone for anything that comes up. He will be | :23:21. | :23:24. | |
monitored regularly. Louise, home from work now, we've paid you a | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
surprise visit at your school, where you are a teacher. But it is quite | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
important for Zeus, why is that? During his life as a guide dog he | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
has to be used to different situations and environments. He got | :23:43. | :23:45. | |
that today. What did the children make of it? We were meant to be | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
giving a reading at the time, but that went out of the window. He was | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
much more fun. How difficult will it be to hand him back? It will be | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
really sad. We will not want to give him away. What do you think of this | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
new addition to your family? He's quite cute and very amusing. What do | :24:08. | :24:14. | |
your friends think of him? He's very cute, again, and they just think... | :24:15. | :24:27. | |
They want to pat him, don't they? We will be following the trials and | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
should relations of Zeus over the next 18 months. In a year's time he | :24:32. | :24:38. | |
will leave the house as the training ramps up and he is handed to a blind | :24:39. | :24:41. | |
person. Wonderful, it will be heartbreaking | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
for them when he goes. And if you're on Twitter you might like to know | :24:47. | :24:49. | |
Zeus is there too. Look for him @gdpuppyzeus. And until his paws get | :24:50. | :24:53. | |
used to it, we're told the Guide Dogs Charity people will be updating | :24:54. | :24:57. | |
it on his behalf. Let's find out about the weekend weather now. | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
A mixed bag, we will get a bit of everything over the next few days. | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
Plenty of brain about. We are going to have blustery conditions as well. | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
Where we have the cloud, it will break times and we have the sun. We | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
have warmer air, temperatures above average for the time of year. We | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
haven't really seen the sun. We have had some rain moving through as | :25:24. | :25:26. | |
well. The rain is going to continue to make its way across the region as | :25:27. | :25:30. | |
we move through tonight. It will stick with us for much of the night. | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
We could see ten or 15 millimetres of rainfall by the time we wake up | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
tomorrow. There could be some heavy pulses as well. It will slowly move | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
off as we move through into Saturday morning. The cloud and rain is | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
helping temperatures overnight. We are in milder air. 11 or 12 Celsius | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
overnight. A girl and damp start to Saturday. The rain is moving | :25:53. | :25:56. | |
through. It will eventually start to clear away. We have strong wind to | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
contend with tomorrow. We have breaks in the cloud, the sun will | :26:01. | :26:03. | |
come out. Where we see that, temperatures could get up to 17 | :26:04. | :26:10. | |
Celsius. More rain waiting in the wings. On Saturday, lively showers. | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
We could see thunder as well. Overnight, it will turn cloudy. Then | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
we have more raining through by the time and get a Sunday morning. | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
Another mild nights to come. 12 or 13 Celsius is the overnight low. As | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
we start to move through to Sunday, we have low`pressure beginning to | :26:33. | :26:35. | |
dominate and low pressure making its way in. Through Sunday we could see | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
a shower pretty much anywhere. But it will be a mild day, we will get | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
more breaks as well. A quick note, on Monday we have heavy rain to come | :26:45. | :26:47. | |
through Sunday night and into Monday. Surface water could be a | :26:48. | :26:50. | |
problem for the Monday morning rush hour. | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
Tonight's headlines from the BBC: Disgraceful, heartbreaking, | :26:56. | :26:57. | |
institutionalised abuse. Sstrong criticism from a coroner who rules | :26:58. | :27:00. | |
neglect contributed to the deaths of five people in a care home in | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
Sussex. Proposals to cut fuel prices by 5p a litre for those living in | :27:05. | :27:10. | |
more remote rural areas. And new homes for a pound ` buyers get a | :27:11. | :27:14. | |
first look round and find out just how much needs to be done. And on | :27:15. | :27:18. | |
its way back to New Zealand ` a tattooed Maori head found in a | :27:19. | :27:21. | |
university storeroom. Before we go, congratulations to our | :27:22. | :27:24. | |
documentary team here at the BBC in the West Midlands. Inside Out won | :27:25. | :27:27. | |
three trophies at last night's Royal Television Society Awards. It took | :27:28. | :27:30. | |
the diversity award for its film about Tourette's and its programme | :27:31. | :27:33. | |
on Stafford Hospital won Best Current Affairs Feature. Cameraman | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
Gary Darfield won an award for his skills. That was the Midlands Today. | :27:38. | :27:45. | |
I'll be back at ten o'clock Have a great evening. Goodbye. | :27:46. | :27:49. |